ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence
Hosted by Sivaraman Swaminathan (Swami), this show decodes what goes on behind the minds of people who strive to achieve mastery, excellence, and success in their business or profession. It explores their life purpose, motivations and inspiration, and attempts to understand their personal growth journey. We try to understand the why behind what they do and how they are successfully accomplishing what they set out to do in their lives.
You can discover the mental models of these high performers, who are career achievers and leaders in their own right and seek to learn from their practices and experiences. The conversation dives deep into their lifelong learning methods, personal development and self-improvement strategies that they work on, their workplace rituals or practices that have made them successful in their business, startup, or entrepreneurial journey.
These conversations will inspire you, open your mind to new possibilities and help you reimagine your purpose, goals, and practices to become extraordinary in both your life and career.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 87
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The Super CMO Show - Ricky Afrianto (#011)
Ricky Afrianto is a Global Marketing Head/Director - Mayora Group. Previously he was Marketing Director and managed 21 brands across 5 categories: Biscuit, Candy, Wafer, Chocolate & Instant Food. Bef…
#051 Dr. Vignesh Devraj on Ayurveda’s Holistic Approach for Modern Living
Holistic Living in this Stressful Modern World
Modern living has wired us to overeat when we’re stressed. Nature on one hand has designed our body to live in scarcity, but on the other hand, we are al…
The Super CMO Show - Mahek Shah (#010)
The AirAsia Media Playbook: Integrating Travel Experiences
About The Guest:
Mahek Shah is the Global Head of Media at Airasia (AirAsia Media & Airasia Ads).
Mahek is an integrated marketing and communi…
#050 Prof. Vasant Dhar on The Evolving Role of Humans in the Age of AI
Prof. Vasant Dhar is an AI researcher who pioneered machine learning applications in finance. His research examines how innovations like AI impact society, focusing on issues of trust, ethics, and th…
The Super CMO Show - Moses Gorrepati (#009)
From Disability to Ability: How Enable India Unlocks Potential
About The Guest:
Moses Gorrepati has over 15 years of experience championing inclusion and empowerment for people with disabilities. As a …
#049 Khyati Bhatt on Understanding Body Language, Decoding Non-Verbal Cues
Khyati Bhatt is the Founder, Senior Coach, and Head Consultant at Simply Body Talk specializing in nonverbal communication, helping business heads sharpen leadership and communication skills. Trained…
#048 Anton Howes on Lessons from History on Innovation and Invention
Anton Howes (www.antonhowes.com) is the Head of Innovation Research at the UK-based think-tank, The Entrepreneurs Network. Anton also serves as the Historian in Residence at the Royal Society of Arts…
Best of 2023 | ContraMinds Podcast
Welcome to a very special year-end episode of the Contra Minds Podcast.
In 2023, we had a phenomenal line-up of guests who were achievers in their own profession. They all stood for the ContraMinds p…
Best of 2023 | The Super CMO Show
We launched The Super CMO Show in January this year and it has been a truly rewarding journey so far.This episode is a curation of the top marketing moments we’ve had with our esteemed guests on the …
#047 Bharath MS and Madhura Shanthini on Navigating India’s Evolving Data Privacy Ecosystem
Bharath MS is an accomplished IP litigator and strategist, slated to become the INTA Board of Director for 2024-2026. With over two decades of legal experience and 12 years leading a regional office,…
The Super CMO Show - Srikanth Ramachandran (#008)
Building Digital Out-Of-Home Experiences using Data, Automation and Algorithms
Srikanth Ramachandran is the Founder of Moving Walls, a world-renowned AdTech company that specializes in innovative out…
#046 James Bellerjeau on The Career Success Playbook: How to Balance Personal and Professional Ambition
James Bellerjeau is a researcher, lecturer and he is the ACC docket career path columnist. In this episode, @jamesbellerjeau talks to @sivaramanswaminathan4406 about what he believes is career su…
#045 Matt Abrahams on Thinking Faster, Talking Smarter
Matt Abrahams is a Larsen Lam Family Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at the renowned Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. As an expert in the field of organizational behavior, he ha…
#044 Rajesh Jain on “Unicorns vs. 'Proficorns' : The Pragmatic Path to building Private, Bootstrapped, Profitable and Valuable Businesses
Rajesh Jain is a technology entrepreneur based out of Mumbai, India. Rajesh was a pioneer in Asia's dot-com revolution, creating India's first internet portals in the late 1990s. Today, he's the foun…
The Super CMO Show - David Fradin (#007)
Building a Toolkit for Product Success Management
David Fradin is the president of Spice Catalyst. He's a product management and product marketing consultant. David is a mentor, professor, and one of …
#043: Roger Forsgren on Professional Skills To Rewire the Engineer’s Mindset
Roger Forsgren is a retired Chief Knowledge Officer of NASA. He was a director of Academy of Program, Project and Engineering Leadership at NASA. Roger is also an undergraduate with a liberal arts de…
#042 Sridhar Ramasamy on How Digital Factories are Transforming the Future of Manufacturing
Sridhar Ramasamy is an industry veteran with interdisciplinary knowledge across the pharmaceutical and manufacturing domains. Sridhar leads digital transformation, engineering, automation and data an…
#041 Rajat Kumar Agarwal on Transforming Medical Outcomes With Knowledge Centric IT Platforms
Rajat Kumar Agarwal is the Chief Executive Officer of Jagriti InnoHealth Platforms - a tech startup creating knowledge management centric intelligent IT systems for healthcare using a business platfo…
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Venkatesh (Venky) Shankar (#006)
Marketing Accountability: Elevating the role of the CMO and Value of Marketing in an Enterprise
Prof. Venkatesh (Venky) Shankar is a Ford Chair Professor, a RETHINK Retail Top Influencer, and an Advis…
#040 Ravishankar Iyer on Storytelling: The Catalyst to Influence People and Business Growth
Ravishankar Iyer is a Story Coach and Founder of Story Rules (storyrules.in), a startup that offers training and coaching services on how to apply storytelling techniques at work.
A Chartered Accounta…